Such as if I told you about them, I’d have one more. But there is an argument that regret can be good for you. I can see that. There’s a thing I regret from a few years ago that I was forced to confront yesterday and it was such an easy confrontation, it left such a little mark compared to what it would’ve done at the time, that I think I’ve grown.

Or aged.

But Time writer Eric Barker says not only is regret good for you but you can get the benefits without all the feeling crap. I think that might be crap, but:

Why? Even though it’s very unpleasant, we see value in regret. We can learn from it.

But can’t we learn without the godawful nagging pain? That’s the real question. And the answer is we can.

But we need to understand how regret works before we can beat it. Let’s get some answers.

Read How to Overcome Regret and Seize the Day — Scientifically.